BILL NUMBER: SR 10	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson
   (Coauthors: Senators Beall, Block, Calderon, Corbett, De León,
DeSaulnier, Evans, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Lara, Leno,
Lieu, Liu, Monning, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Roth, Rubio, Steinberg,
Wolk, Wright, and Yee)

                        JANUARY 14, 2013

   Relative to Roe v. Wade.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, January 22, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the
United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, which
held that every woman has a fundamental right to control her own
reproductive decisions and decide whether to end or continue a
pregnancy, and is an occasion that deserves celebration; and
   WHEREAS, The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making access to abortion
safe and legal has greatly improved the health of women and families;
and
   WHEREAS, Roe v. Wade has been the cornerstone of women's
remarkable strides toward equality in the past four decades, and
reproductive freedom is critical to a woman's ability to participate
fully in the social, political, and economic life of the community;
and
   WHEREAS, California is committed to protecting public health and
the welfare of all its residents, and recognizes that access to
reproductive health services, including family planning and prenatal
care, supports individuals and their families by ensuring that babies
are planned, wanted, and healthy; and
   WHEREAS, The public policy of California, as expressed in the
Reproductive Privacy Act, and protected by the California
Constitution's express right to privacy, is that each woman has the
fundamental right to make decisions regarding her reproductive
health; and
   WHEREAS, California has a pioneering history in supporting
reproductive rights, including the California Supreme Court's 1969
decision in People v. Belous, recognizing that a woman's decision to
end a pregnancy is protected by her constitutional right to privacy,
four years prior to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Roe
v. Wade; and
   WHEREAS, In a democracy, people may have differing views about
abortion, but most people recognize that only a pregnant woman can
know, and should be entitled to decide, what option is best for
herself and her family; and
   WHEREAS, Over 75 percent of Californians oppose efforts to
overturn Roe v. Wade, which would create a public health crisis by
once again making abortion illegal and unsafe; and
   WHEREAS, The 2012 elections sent a powerful and unmistakable
message to Members of Congress and state legislatures that women do
not want politics or politicians to interfere with their personal
medical decisions; and
   WHEREAS, Violence against abortion providers and laws that create
barriers to abortion endanger a woman's health; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That on the
40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Senate of the State of
California recognizes the critical importance of continued access to
safe and legal abortion and urges the President of the United States
and the Congress to protect and uphold the intent and substance of
the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author
for appropriate distribution.